P.F. Chang's to Panera: See the 20 best kids-menu dishes of 2015

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It's tough to stay healthy when you're eating out: From sky-high sodium content to massive portions, restaurant menus can be difficult to navigate.

And the same goes for kids' menus. If you want your little one to sample more than chicken fingers and buttered noodles, consider these items from popular restaurants, selected by Parents magazine as the 20 best kids-menu dishes of the year. The editors at Parents evaluated "hundreds of dishes" to come up with this list, and chose the winners based on "higher-quality ingredients, creative use of fruits, vegetables, or whole grains, and reasonable levels of sodium and fat."